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I’d rather miss the Olympics than take COVID-19 vaccine - Sprinter Yohan Blake

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Jamaica's Yohan Blake after competing in the heats of the men's 200m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London. [AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD]

Olympic champion sprinter Yohan Blake of Jamaica said he would rather miss the Tokyo Games than get the COVID-19 vaccine, although getting vaccinated will not be required of the athletes competing there this summer.

 “My mind still stays strong, I don’t want any vaccine, I’d rather miss the Olympics than take the vaccine, I am not taking it,” he was quoted as saying in Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner.

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